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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I actually went back to blockbuster the same night to return the game, it was that bad. That is all I have to say.

Funny, entertaining, yet it is missing a lot...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: July 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I didn't hope for a 5 star game when I bought it so I can't say that I'm disappointed. But it is not what I expected. So lets start with positive things about this game. It is funny. Narrative speeches and dialogs between characters bring back memories of Bruce Lee movies. Moving around the neighborhood and fighting in different places also remind me of Lee's flicks. Action is well paced yet limited. The way that characters are projected gives you a taste of the time when Bruce was around. Plus the strange camera angles when you are fighting girls leave very little to imagination (wink wink nudge nudge) Now the bad things. You have limited moving space. There is about 200 "special moves" which are fairly difficult to master or remember. Controls are horrible and targeting opponents if not hard is little tricky. Sometimes when you fight and your opponent drops an item you can't pick it up unless you unlock your self from the character you are fighting. Limited movement and viewing area make collecting items hard. The fights don't follow any rules and you can loose half your health with two kicks while you can be pounding on the enemy and he will only loose little amount. This is not by any chance a fighting game on the level of Teken. This is a fighting game on the level of Super Nintendo with much nicer graphics. Is it worth the money? No if you are looking for a serious fighting game. But if you are Bruce fan or you want a change of pace by all means go for it. AI is no existent and I find that it takes much less effort to fight big bosses than to fight actual regular street opponents.

Quick hint: Instead of purchasing moves just buy health, attack, ranks plus a faster kick and punch mode. This will make your game much better. Fancy moves are there already so there is no point in buying more. In this game speed and power are what you need not fanciness.

The legendary Bruce Lee makes a big scene on the XBox !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: July 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

During the early '70s, Bruce Lee was known as one of the greatest action heroes in history and the master of Jeet Kune Do. The violence that Lee displays in his movies are so extreme, so grosteque, that even todays action heroes wouldn't even dare to perform that kind of stuff. Even if someone tries to emulate his violence, it wouldn't be as good looking as Bruce Lee's original violent performances. Even if he died a tragic death in '73, his memories are still alive today. You'll see a whole lot of people with Bruce Lee T-Shirts, cartoon characters trying to be like Bruce Lee, remastered DVDs of Bruce Lee classics, and even some video game characters in a fighting game acting, fighting, and sounding like Bruce Lee. Now it's time to remember Bruce Lee in another way...put him a next-gen video game console with the greatest 3D graphics processor of all time, the XBox ! Enter Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon, the first Bruce Lee title to feature 3D technology and real time combat. And it's the most anticipated action game among an audience of young Bruce Lee fans. Now to describe the game. The graphics are perfect, powered with the XBox's ultimate 3D processor. The 3D models look very superb with no graphical flaws ! The lighting effects, including the flaming fist mode, looks absolutely jaw dropping. And as for the stages, they're huge and good looking ! There are not much flaws on these stages, except for the fact that there's a whole lot of fog and tons of it. But still, this is a graphical powerhouse overall, and the cutscenes rock ! The audio is okay...I guess. The voice actor who did Bruce Lee didn't do that much of bad job. They almost sound identical, but he really needs to work on it more, including that yell that Bruce Lee does (you know...WAAAAATAAAAAHHHH !!!). And some of the other voice actors are rather laughable, but on the plus side, it almost sounds like they're featured in a Kung-Fu movie. So that seems fair ! The music sounds perfectly fit with the traditional Chinese Kung-Fu tunes. And the sound effects are blazing with realistic hitting and grunting. If you listen carefully, it sounds very identical to that of one of the sound effects featured in one of his films. And as for the gameplay, it rocks ! The controls really hit the spot with slick movement and fast control response. The in-game combat will seem a bit clunky to some newcomers, but after playing this a couple of times, you'll really get used to it. And the coolest thing about the gameplay is, when you kill the last enemy, you get a slow motion of your enemy falling down after one fatal blow and you get to use Nunchakus on certain stages. My favorite part of the game ! The only thing that bothers me about the gameplay is the unforgivable camera angles. It keeps on moving everytime you're done duking it out with the last batch of thugs or if you're fighting with one enemy. But still, even with those flaws, I really loved playing this game. Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon is one of my favorite XBox titles among everything else. Many people may not enjoy it, but anyone who still enjoys watching Bruce Lee's films and still looks up to him, will definently like this game ! If you want to see Bruce Lee alive and kicking it...literaly, Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon is the title that Bruce Lee fans should never miss !

Did they say better better than DOA3?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: October 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There are so many things about this game that make it stupid. Luckily, I only rented it (and returned it the same night *lol*). I feel sorry for anyone who had to buy it. This has got to be the most disapointing game ever for the mighty XBOX. Here's why:

1. The gameplay: it's just uninteresting! You walk around as Bruce Lee from a side view, A SIDE VIEW. You kill people with 2 lame moves (punch and kick) and collect the coins that come after they die. It's so lame and dull, it's LAUGHABLE! It's way to easy, and beating up the people is so dull. 2 lame moves, and all the bad guys look the same. You advance and keep collecting coins. An ametuer gamer could beat this in 1 night!...

2. The graphics = horrible! Oh my goodness, Bruce Lee looks like a girl in tights (which is such an insult to his memory) and all the villains look exactly the same (red ninjas). Oh, and the coins that you get our the size of Bruce's head. The 2 lame moves don't even look real either. I played this game ad beat 3 levels in 10 minutes. I basily fell asleep in my chair. When I woke up, I returned it immediatly!

3. The reputation it tried to take. I mean, come on: Bruce Lee. What kind of people created this game; to insult his memory; this game is HORRIBLE! On the cover, it even went as far as to say it was BETTER than DOA3! I own DOA3, and it is a hundred million times better than this junk.

I hope I've proved to you why u shouldn't buy this game. It is so... easy to beat and so boring at that. I'd rather watch grass grow. There are so many better games to buy for it's price:... If it was about 5 bucks, I might counsider buying it. But for everything else I can get for that price, I guess I'll have to pass...*lol*

Bruce Lee: From Film to Video Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: July 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The video game Bruce Lee: Quest of theDragon is a fusion of street fighting action mixed with Tekken style moves. In other words, it's friggin' fun as hell. I was kind of skeptical at first because the game play seemed choppy. But really, all the controlling needs is a little mastering. If one really wants to come up with some sick and crazy combinations, a little work can go a long way. At the same time, one can go through the game just doing the same three combinations over and over again. The scenery is spectacular and the effects are drool worthy. The AI isn't bad either and presents a challenge, though sometimes it can get a little repetitive. The game is simply awesome though and there's a huge replay value because there's over a 100 moves or something like that. This game truly utilizes the Xbox's capabilities and is a worthy addition to the fighting genre.

I couldn't get past the horrible gameplay

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game just to check it out. I expected a poor story and ok fighting gameplay (in other words my expectations were not high). I was still very dissapointed. I can't really comment much on the story or on the game as a whole because after about 10 minutes of punching the A button (or was it the B) I couldn't take it any more and returned the game. The fighting gameplay is incredibly primitive. It's on par with something like Double Dragon from the 80's. Definitely do not buy this game without renting it first.

Just a bad action game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For what could've been a great game using a powerful console system, Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon comes off as quite a disappoint. The graphics is not up to XBox standard and the gameplay, from controls to implementation of level loading is sub-par to say the least. One complaint that I must agree on is the huge amounts of loading time and the lenght of the loads. Most XBox games I've played pretty much have gotten rid of loading times and if there are any, they're pretty quick. I don't recommend this game to anyone other than those who wish to have every console game in existance in their gaming library. This is a slight-rental at best.

The Worst Game of all time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sorry people! This game is a dud. The controls are unresponsive and the realistic gameplay is not even there. If u see Bruce Lee climb up steps in this game, u will see that no one would even try to climb steps that way. This game deserves a 0.1 out of five but the scale is 1 to 5. So I give this a 1 out of five only because i like fighting games. And trust me this is being generous.

Not as good as it could have been...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: July 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I read a review of "Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon" on IGN.com minutes after I purchased the game. They trashed it to death, and I was worried the game would suffer a fate similar to "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"... But being the huge Lee fan I am, I popped it in the XBOX, and prepared myself for a terrible game. They didn't just trash the gameplay, they trashed the graphics(saying it was something out of N64, which is hogwash, obviously), the sound, and everything else involved with video games.

Well, the begining cinema showed up, and showed a digitized Bruce Lee in action. I was immediately blown away, and began the game as quickly as possible. Now, if you've ever played "Final Fight", you get the idea for this particular game, only with Bruce Lee, a human God. The sounds, the look, and the movements of Bruce Lee in the game are all quite strikingly similar to the man himself. That gets an immediate kudos, I mean, this is the next best thing, aside from Bruce himself.

Although, the gameplay is a little iffy. The controls take a lot of getting used to, but when you do, you'll be kicking names and taking ass. The only REAL complaints I do have are that the camera gets stuck in certain places, and that pesky "Lock-On" attack thing. So, basically, when you're fighting 3 different people, you're focused on one person; if you knock him down, then you are still focused on him... Although that has a remedy as well, just click "R", but it still gets tiresome after a while.

While this game certainly has it's flaws(which games don't?), it's got a lot of cool features as well. If you're a Bruce Lee fan, this is more than a must-have. I've loved Bruce Lee since I was 6, and I'm glad that a game has finally captured just a fraction of his character and charisma. Other gamers, however, might want to steer clear. Unless said gamer is familiar with Hong Kong action flicks, they won't enjoy the paper-thin plot. So, all in all, Bruce Lee fans, go for it. Others, go for the rental first. I'm not sure that you'll LOVE this game, but at least it's not "Dragon" all over again. Now, wait for a potential sequel, and maybe they'll fix those flaws...

ENTER THE XBOX

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 23
Date: May 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've checked out the graphics for this game at a popular [local store] and I was very impressed. All I can say is it's about time!!! Bruce is back and with his trademark woooo!! haaaaa!! and Tons of thugs to beat ... out of. All you X-boxers/Kung Fu nerds strap on your Gitana and open a can of ... cause Bruce is back!

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